21Km...I did it!

I ran the Bangalore marathon last fortnight in the half-marathon category. This being my first stint in running such a long distance every kilometer for the first 10Km was a real thrill. Last 10Km was more pathetic with no water at any refreshing point. Till 17Km mark we were doing well, later we started feeling the stress. I finished in 3hours 1 minute (officially recorded as 2 hours 50 mins).When we finished, we felt as if we had achieved a feat which was just a dream till the previous night. Now I am still recuperating from all the physical stress incurred to my legs. I am able to walk: sometimes the legs start paining crazily for few minutes...enjoying the pain

Pictures, pictures and more pictures

I never knew that I could take good picture using a camera. I really loved capturing the moments of nature. Today I spent uploading them in flickr and tagging them, so that I can share the same in my blog http://www.flickr.com/photos/12072181@N00/

The road to Satyavas…the beach resort

Early morning the entire team was busy making preparation for our stay in the beach resort which is an hour drive from our place. Mom and two others planned for the grocery items. My sis was busy packing our dresses; I was packing my things :0) . Later we went out to buy those. I helped them pack the grocery in a compact way. We all loaded the items including our extra beddings onto our Toyota – Qualis. We lunched at the dhabha-express restaurant. We went to the resort along with Satish and Lakshmi who are volunteers of Vasantha memorial trust at Chennai. It was a pleasant drive then.

(Un?)educated Crowd

Last week Saturday, I was in Chennai along with volunteers of Vasantha Memorial Trust (http://www.vasantha.org/) for what else other than helping in arrangements for a concert rendered by Visaka Hari. The average age of viewers exceeded 50. And believe me, managing them was a huge task. My sister was at the token counter and had a very busy time. Educated people coming for concert behaving like this leaves me thinking about a situation where I need to manage a mixed crowd; I suppose that would be much easier. I got to hear the vocal concert too. It was nice.

Some more pictures...

These are some more pictures taken on last Friday 14/09...

These are near the food court

a more closer shot to get a feel of the flowing water

Bridge under water

Everyday commute to office, we cross a 10 meter bridge constructed across a sewer canal. The bridge submerged in water last friday due to heavy rains in Bangalore. The water had gone more than a meter above the bridge.

More scary was the flooding of a small canal in our campus. The entire food court was sorrounded by water and the scene was terrific. This reminded me of the mighty Brahmaputra flooding every year in Nazira, Asssam